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cochairman

American  
[koh-chair-muhn] / koʊˈtʃɛər mən /

noun

cochairmen plural
  1. one of two or more joint chairmen.


Gender

Is it cochair, cochairman, cochairwoman, or cochairperson? See chairperson, -man.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

Etymology

Origin of cochairman

First recorded in 1930–35; co- + chairman

Example Sentences

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Says Tom Corson, cochairman of Lipa’s label, Warner Records: “What we’re seeing is the dawning of a new superstar.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2021

In the U.S., the Hebrew Committee is backstopped by something called the American League for a Free Palestine, of which Hecht became cochairman.

From Time Magazine Archive

First to go was none other than P.C.A.'s cochairman, Columnist Frank Kingdon.

From Time Magazine Archive

The conference featured former President Gerald Ford as cochairman.

From Time Magazine Archive

Percy therefore proposed that Dirksen be chairman, that he himself take second place as cochairman, and that the third top delegation post, that of secretary, go to an all-out Goldwater man.

From Time Magazine Archive

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